Product Description
Receive the latest cutting-edge science in all things related to fat loss, muscle gain, and overall wellness with the Certified Nutrition Coach course.
- 9 NASM CEUs
- 24 In-Depth Chapters
- Downloadable PDF of Textbook
- 40+ High-End Lecture Videos
- 200+ Downloadable Handouts & Infographics
- High-End, Easy-to-Use Digital Portal
- 1 Year to Complete the Final Exam
- 100% Online; Access on All Devices
Living healthy isn’t just about physical activity. It’s also about what we put in our bodies to fuel them. That’s why NASM spent years researching and developing the evidence-based Certified Nutrition Coach program. No fads or pseudo-science here. Just a comprehensive nutrition certification that teaches you the facts you need to make a genuine, long-lasting impact on your clients’ nutrition.
The program provides all of the information you need to help maximize your client’s success and put them on a path to better eating. Meaning you’ll be able to answer the questions your clients have and address the real-world nutritional problems they face.
Not all Nutrition Certifications are created equal. That’s why NASM’s program includes the latest and most up-to-date information on nutrition science, behavior change strategies, and nutrition coaching strategies. As a certified nutrition specialist, you’ll be able to guide clients seeking to improve their body composition, athletic performance, and their health through carefully crafted nutrition coaching that takes age, culture, socioeconomic status, and more into account.
https://www.nasm.org/continuing-education/certified-nutrition-coach
Qualification Content
Section 1: Nutritional Science
Chapter 1: Introduction
Learn about the role of a Nutrition Coach and how the NASM Nutrition Certification can help enhance your career.
Chapter 2: Scope of Practice
Understand a Nutrition Coach’s scope of practice, professional expectations, and differentiate among related nutrition profressions.
Chapter 3: Evidence-Based Nutrition and Practice
In this chapter, you’ll learn the importance of evidence-based practice, the difference between basic scientific principles and methodology, and define scientific research processes.
Chapter 4: Food Preference and Influences
Understand the effects of nutritional intake on individual health, identify the role of dietary habits in overall health, and describe factors that that influence dietary patterns. You’ll also be able to recognize the dangers of a one-diet-fits-all approach and identify how different factors can influence eating patterns.
Chapter 5: Energy Balance and Metabolism
This chapter explores how macronutrients fuel activity and bodily functions, as well as how to balance the energy in versus energy out equation. You’ll understand the First Law of Thermodynamics, energy balance, and energy systems.
Chapter 6: Protein
Protein is an important macronutrient that many bodily functions depend on. Learn the structure and function of protein, total daily protein requirements, and methods for establishing protein requirements in a dietary program.
Chapter 7: Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates provide energy for the body. Understand their structure and function, the digestion and absorption process, daily carbohydrate requirements, and more.
Chapter 8: Fats
Dietary fat has many important functions. In this chapter, you’ll learn about the function and intake recommendations, as well as key myths and hot topics related to fat.
Chapter 9: Alcohol
This chapter explains the digestion and absorption process of alcohol, as well as the physiological effects and methods for accommodating alcohol in a dietary program.
Chapter 10: Miconutrients
Micronutrients help maintain the metabolic processes required to produce energy. Understand the difference between water-soluble vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, and minerals, identify common food sources, and learn to calculate daily recommended intakes and the values for each micronutrient.
Chapter 11: Hydration
In this chapter, you’ll learn the compartmental aspects and shifts of water in the body following significant sweat losses. You’ll also discover methods to help decrease excessive hypo- or hyper-hydration and learn about proper hydration strategies.
Chapter 12: Nutrient Timing
Discover appropriate nutrient-timing strategies for performance and for altering body composition, as well as the role that nutrient timing plays within an overall nutrition strategy.
Chapter 13: Supplements
Understand the role of supplementation across various goals, explain the strength of the evidence base for commonly used supplements, and learn to communicate with clients about the pros and cons of supplementation.
Section 2: Behavior Change Strategies
Chapter 14: Psychology of Weight Control and Behavior Change
In this chapter, you’ll learn how psychology affects fitness and wellness. Identify barriers to diet and exercise, common eating disorders, and common client types used to develop customized programs.
Chapter 15: Coaching and Communication
It’s important for Nutrition Coaches to communicate in a way that positively influences adherence to their programs. You’ll identify strategies for building rapport and use effective communication skills to elicit behavior change.
Chapter 16: Motivational Interviewing
This chapter explains motivational interviewing and strategies that are used to help clients understand the underlying reasons for their own change while affirming their motivation.
Chapter 17: Goal Setting
Understand different types of goals, the benefits of effective goal-setting, methods for providing feedback and tracking progress, and identify obstacles commonly encountered when setting goals.
Section 3: Nutrition Coaching
Chapter 18: Dietary Assessment and Body Composition Testing
In this chapter, you’ll discover a step-by-step approach to assessing dietary intake and monitoring body composition. You’ll compare body-composition assessment methods and understand the importance of consistency and accessibility.
Chapter 19: Food and Supplement Labels and Portion Size
Learn about the labeling standards for food and supplement products, as well as portion size recommendations.
Chapter 20: Helping Clients Navigate the Real World
This chapter explains strategies that can help clients make healthy food choices in everyday situations, such as at the grocery store or dining out.
Chapter 21: Navigating Diets
This chapter explains strategies that can help clients make healthy food choices in everyday situations, such as at the grocery store or dining out.
Chapter 22: Nutrition Hot Topics and Controversies
An in-depth approach to explaining the science behind many of the nutrition hot topics and controversies faced by clients today.
Chapter 23: Managing Weight-Loss Plateaus and Maintaining Weight Loss
This chapter examines the science and psychology of weight-loss plateaus and how to help clients avoid this vicious cycle.
Chapter 24: Programming – Putting it All Together
Nutrition Coaches must have a foundational level of knowledge regarding nutritional science and behavior psychology. However, knowledge without action is virtually useless, especially when helping clients achieve their health-and-wellness goals. This chapter puts all of this knowledge into practice and details a step-by-step process for nutrition programming.
Final Examination:
After the completion of the course, you will take an online final exam from the comfort of your own home or wherever you prefer to take tests. The exam consists of 100 questions and there is a time limit of 90 minutes. You must pass with a scaled score of 70% or better.
